Exam skills overview quiz - AQA GCSE English Literature quiz

Paper 1 is 40% and Paper 2 is 60%

Paper 1 is 50% and Paper 2 is 50%

Paper 1 is 60% and Paper 2 is 40%

Paper 1 is 30% and Paper 2 is 70%

The Shakespeare extract question and the 19th-century novel question

The modern text essay and the anthology comparison

The two unseen poetry questions in the second paper

Every single section of both papers equally

Accurate spelling, punctuation and grammar throughout the whole essay

Detailed knowledge of the historical and social context of the text

A personal, informed interpretation with well-chosen references

Analysis of the writer's use of form and structure

Detailed knowledge of the historical context and the writer's purpose in producing the text

Accurate spelling, punctuation and grammar across the whole of your essay answer

A clear summary that retells the main events of the plot in order

Analysis of language, form and structure and their effects, with subject terminology

The Shakespeare question

The unseen poetry question

The anthology comparison

Every question equally

The 19th-century novel question

The unseen poetry section

The modern text essay question

The anthology poetry comparison

Outline the plot, describe a character, then state the main theme of the text

Write an introduction, then the main body paragraphs, then a clear conclusion

Quotation, method (AO2), and effect on meaning and reader

State the subject, then the attitude, then the overall tone

A list of all the language techniques you are planning to discuss in the essay

A short summary that retells the main events of the text from beginning to end

A piece of historical context that you place at the start of the essay

A single sentence that answers the question and sets a clear line of argument

Each paragraph treats both texts together using comparative connectives

Analyse the first text fully in one half, then the second text in the other half

Give a full summary of each text before doing any comparison between them

Put all of the historical context first, then all of the analysis afterwards

Whether it is a famous historical fact that most people would already recognise

Whether it changes the reading of a specific moment in the text

Whether it helps to fill space and make your essay answer look longer

Whether the wording of the exam question happens to mention any dates